Wayne Firestone

Wayne L. Firestone is an American playwright and veteran non-profit leader. He co-produces and hosts The America-Israel Friendship League’s (AIFL) live webinars created during the COVID Pandemic— over two hundred episodes since March 2020. He served as Executive Director of AIFL 2019-2021. In March 2022, he was named the Jewish Plays Project inaugural 21st Century Playwright Fellow. An alumnus of three Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive cohorts, his plays have appeared in festivals in New York, Washington, DC, Israel and the United Kingdom. A member of the Dramatists Guild of America, in 2018 he founded Plays2Gather to perform diverse stories in homes and non-traditional venues. Previously, Firestone served as the president and CEO of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, the largest Jewish student organization in the world with more than 500 college campus affiliates across the globe; CEO of DC based International Lifeline Fund; and President of the Genesis Prize Foundation.

Wayne L. Firestone is an American playwright and veteran non-profit leader. He co-produces and hosts The America-Israel Friendship League’s (AIFL) live webinars created during the COVID Pandemic— over two hundred episodes since March 2020. He served as Executive Director of AIFL 2019-2021. In March 2022, he was named the Jewish Plays Project inaugural 21st Century Playwright Fellow. An alumnus of three Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive cohorts, his plays have appeared in festivals in New York, Washington, DC, Israel and the United Kingdom. A member of the Dramatists Guild of America, in 2018 he founded Plays2Gather to perform diverse stories in homes and non-traditional venues. Previously, Firestone served as the president and CEO of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, the largest Jewish student organization in the world with more than 500 college campus affiliates across the globe; CEO of DC based International Lifeline Fund; and President of the Genesis Prize Foundation.

Publications

Firestone's articles and publications include "Blurring Boundaries: Creating and Consuming" in Sh'ma magazine; "Engaging a New Generation: Hillel Innovates for the Millennials," published by the Jewish Communal Service Association of North America; "Peoplehood: What Students Can Learn and Teach," published by United Jewish Communities; and "Organizing On Campus," published by Jewish Family & Life (JFL Media). Firestone's op-eds have been published by outlets such as the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, New York Jewish Week, Washington Jewish Week, the Forward, Times of Israel, e-JewishPhilanthropy and the Chronicle of Higher Education

References

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